1st Quarter Timeline Assignment
For each event you will create a timeline entry using Dipity.com
Each entry must have

1. The correct date
2. A picture – download and add to the timeline
3. A description of the event – Who, What, Where, Why
4. The Cause of the event – what previous events, inventions, wars etc caused the event
5. The Effect of the event – how did that event effect future events

Group 1 – Age of Exploration
1- Voyages of Zheng He
2- Prince Henry’s School of Navigation
3- Columbus’ 1st Voyage
4- Vasco de Gama reaches India
5- Magellan’s crew circumnavigates the globe
6- Cortez conquers the Aztecs
7- Pizarro conquers the Incas
8- Columbian Exchange begins

Group 2 – Age of Colonization
1- Jamestown colony established
2- Mayflower Compact
3- Triangle Trade begins
4- House of Burgesses
5- Mercantilism begins in North America
6- Seven Years War/ French and Indian War
7- First slaves brought to Americas by Spain
8- Encomienda System established

Group 3 – Age of Absolutism
1- Enlightenment begins
2- King Louis XIV
3- Voltaire (writings and ideas)
4- Montesquieu (writings and ideas)
5- John Locke (writings and ideas)
6- Thomas Hobbes (writings and ideas)
7- English Civil War
8- Oliver Cromwell


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